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On
the
road
KAREN
STOCKS
STOCKS
Tech-savvy Stocks is
Twitter Australia’s
managing director
and has previously
worked for Google,
YouTube and Vodafone. She used
way more than 140 characters to
describe her 2014 travels.
Perhaps it’s no surprise that Twitter
Australia’s managing director Karen
Stocks likes a hotel that was a frm
favourite of Apple supremo Steve Jobs.
When Twitter’s international team met
in Tokyo this year, Stocks stayed at the
Hotel Okura (2 Chome-10-4 Toranomon,
Minato-ku, 105-0001; +81 3 3582 0111;
www.hotelokura.co.jp). “It was absolutely
stunning — they leave little folded paper
animals on your bed,” she says.
Travelling overseas every two or three
months, this year she also headed to
Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters.
“I like to stay at the Hotel Palomar (12
Fourth St; +1 866 373 4941; www.hotel
palomar-sf.com) — it’s got a nice, intimate
feel,” she says. “ The staf know me, they
smile when I walk in and they do a happy
hour at 5 o’clock every afternoon. I go
there for work but I also try to get away a
bit. I love hiring a car and going down to
Monterey and Pebble Beach, and having
a look around there. I’ve been to Napa
Valley and Half Moon Bay and explored
all around the local area.”
She’s also a regular visitor to the
company’s ofce in Singapore, where
she stays at the Fairmont (80 Bras Basah
Rd; +65 6339 7777; www.fairmont.com/
Singapore). “ What I love about the
Fairmont is you can open the doors and let
fresh air in. It’s perfectly located above an
MRT station and a shopping centre.” ►
Singapore’s skyline as
seen from the Marina
Bay Sands swimming
pool on the 57th foor.
virginaustralia
december 2014 | 101
{globetrotters} travel
We are a nation of adventurers. Five influential
Australians who made the world their oyster in 2014
share their favourite destinations.
Words Katrina LobLey
101
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